Mamoru Oshii

ANGEL'S EGG: A Charlatan's Musings
ANGEL’S EGG: A Charlatan’s Musings

It’s films like Angel’s Egg that make the critic feel like a charlatan, aimlessly looking for patterns in the entrails.

GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995): I Believe In Miracles
GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995): I Believe In Miracles

1995’s Ghost in the Shell creates a prescient vision of a connected world that functions as both as character study & social commentary.